BOX SCORE

When and Where: March 8, 2016 – Garden City, N.Y. (Motamed Field)
Score: Adelphi University 13, Southern New Hampshire University 3
Records: Adelphi 3-0 (1-0 Northeast-10), SNHU 2-1 (0-1 Northeast-10)

Junior Ellen Decker (Foxborough, Mass.) and freshmen Kristin Wilder (Framingham, Mass.) and Mary Beth Sweeney (Foxborough, Mass.) each scored a goal, but the Southern New Hampshire University women's lacrosse team fell to top-ranked Adelphi University, 13-3, Tuesday night at Motamed Field.

Jacqueline Jahelka opened the scoring, potting a pair of goals 1:17 apart just over two minutes into the contest to give Adelphi the early lead. After the Panthers doubled their lead to 4-0 just under nine minutes in, Decker put the Penmen on the board off a feed from senior Alexa Allen (E. Longmeadow, Mass.) at the 19:34 mark of the opening half.

Wilder would connect on a free-position shot just under three minutes later to make it a two-goal game, but five straight tallies to end the half sent Adelphi into the break with a 9-2 advantage. Jahelka scored three goals during the stretch, while Rachel O'Brien had a hand in all five scoring plays with a goal and four assists.

O'Brien picked up where she left off to begin the second half as she set up a strike just 28 seconds in and then scored her own off a Jahelka pass to make it 11-2 nearly eight minutes into the second stanza.

Adelphi would add to its lead 35 seconds later before Sweeney capitalized on her free-position attempt to cut it to 12-3 with 16:55 remaining. Jahelka would close the scoring with 11:55 left on an O'Brien set-up.

Notes:
-Junior goalkeeper Nicole Kennedy (Windham, Maine), the two-time reigning Northeast-10 Goalkeeper of the Week, made 10 saves, while Taylor Hayes stopped one of the four shots that came her way over the opening 45:52 for Adelphi. Hailey Peterson did not see a shot in the final 14:08.
-Adelphi is the two-time defending NCAA National Champion and three-time defending Northeast-10 Champion.
-O'Brien finished with 10 points on three goals and seven assists as she had a hand in all but three Panther goals. Jahelka registered seven points on six assists and a helper.
-Adelphi outshot Southern New Hampshire, 36-9, including 23-6 in the opening frame. Draw controls were even at nine apiece.

Up Next:
The Penmen are back in action Saturday, March 12 (1 p.m.) when they play host to Saint Michael's College at Larkin.

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